1928 Drama
Russia
1h 49min
Original language: Russian
Dovzhenko's second film, attacked by Soviet critics for being so beautifully rendered as to actually lessen its political impact, remains today a "cinematic poem" as the director named it. Episodic, folkloric, and allegorical, it is a mythic search for hidden treasure by two brothers. Dovzhenko wrote: "I did not so much make the picture as sing it out like a songbird."
Directed by | Aleksandr Dovzhenko |
Written by | Mikhail Johansson, Yuri Tyutyunik |
Company | Seagull FilmsSeagull FilmsSeagull Films |